bigaan

Navajo

Etymology

bi- (“his/her/its/their”) + agaan (“arm”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

bigaan

1. his/her/its/their arm
2. his/her/its/their limb
3. its/their foreleg
4. its/their branch
5. its/their front wheel

Inflection

Possessives of bigaan

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shigaan	nihigaan	danihigaan
2nd person	nigaan	nihigaan	danihigaan
3rd person	bigaan
4th person (3o)	yigaan
4th person (3a)	hagaan
Indefinite (3i)	agaan

Derived terms

• chidí bigaan (“front wheel of an automobile”)
• łóóʼ bigaan dahólónígíí (“cephalopod”)
• łóóʼ bigaan neeznání (“squid”)
• łóóʼ bigaan tseebíí (“octopus”)
• ńdíshchííʼ bigaan (“pine branch”)
• tsin bigaan (“tree branch”)